Tarpon should be the day — the Pass — tarpon in the throat, then Gasparilla grass for reds and snook.

Where

• Gasparilla Sound

  grass flat · public structure · mid

  8.4

  Harbor grass inside the pass. Reds and snook. Do not invent a hole — this is the sound.

  • — grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • — In-play: Redfish, Tarpon.
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• Boca Grande Pass

  pass jetty · public structure · deep

  8.1

  The pass. NOAA 8725577 is the clock. Spring tarpon stack here. Current is the whole fishery — not a wade, not a skinny skiff.

  • — pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • — In-play: Tarpon, Redfish.
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• Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side

  sand dropoff · public structure · mid

  7.7

  State park shoreline south of the pass. Beach and bar. Park rules, not a private cut.

  • — sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • — In-play: Redfish, Tarpon.
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• FL - Pine Island Sound via Matlacha

  grass flat · saved map · skinny

  7.7

  Iconic sound flats: reds, snook, tarpon lanes. · flats · GULF ATLAS! - FISH

  • — grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • — In-play: Tarpon.
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